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Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned nearly eight decades. She won many accolades, including eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 22 nominations, making her the most nominated and, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, most awarded performer in Emmy history. She won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award.


Aliases
  • Cloris Deise Leachman
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The Croods

2013
as Gran Crood (voice)

The Croods: A New Age

2020
as Gran (voice)

Raising Hope

2010
as Maw Maw

Scary Movie 4

2006
as Mrs. Norris

The Iron Giant

1999
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge

Young Frankenstein

1974
as Frau Blücher

Sky High

2005
as Nurse Spex

Adult World

2013
as Mary Ann

Bad Santa

2003
as Grandma

The Longest Yard

2005
as Lynette

You Again

2010
as Helen

The Wedding Ringer

2015
as Grandma Palmer

Spanglish

2004
as Evelyn Wright

Mad About You

1992
as Mrs. Mandelbaum

The Chapman Report

1962
as Miss Selby

Someone I Touched

1975
as Laura Hyatt

Lovers and Other Strangers

1970
as Bernice Henderson

TCM: Twenty Classic Moments

2014
as Cloris Leachman

The Facts of Life

1979
as Beverly Ann Stickle

Lez Bomb

2018
as Josephine

Foolin' Around

1980
as Samantha

Now and Then

1995
as Grandma Albertson

Without a Kiss Goodbye

1993
as Mrs. Samuels

Thursday's Game

1974
as Lois Ellison

Jump, Darling

2020
as Margaret

Long Journey Back

1978
as Laura Casella

Justice League Action Shorts!

2017
as Granny Goodness

Love is Never Silent

1985
as Mrs. Anglin

Love Hurts

1990
as Ruth Weaver

Shadow Play

1986
as Millie Crown

My Little Pony: The Movie

1986
as Hydia (voice)

The Nutt House

1989
as Ms. Frick / Mrs. Edwina Nutt

Crime Club

1973
as Hilary Kelton

Dying Room Only

1973
as Jean Mitchell

Dixie: Changing Habits

1983
as Sister Eugenio

Expecting Mary

2010
as Annie

Prancer

1989
as Mrs. McFarland

Gen 13

2000
as Helga (voice)

Beerfest

2006
as Great Gam Gam

Herbie Goes Bananas

1980
as Tante Louise Trends

Love Takes Wing

2009
as Hattie Clarence

Death Sentence

1974
as Susan Davies

So B. It

2016
as Alice Wilinsky

Hitchhike!

1974
as Claire Stevens

The People Next Door

1970
as Tina Hoffman

Sparky's Magic Piano

1987
as Ms. Pickett (voice)

Deadly Intentions

1985
as Charlotte Raynor

The Acorn People

1981
as Nurse Betty Nelson

The Fields

2011
as Gladys

The Little Troll Prince

1987
as Queen Sirena (voice)

The Muppet Movie

1979
as Miss Tracy

Scavenger Hunt

1979
as Mildred Carruthers

Daisy Miller

1974
as Mrs. Ezra Miller

Death Scream

1975
as Mrs. Singleton

The Steagle

1971
as Rita Weiss

Gambit

2012
as Grandma Merle

Haunts of the Very Rich

1972
as Ellen Blunt

Hanging Up

2000
as Pat Mozell

Advice to the Lovelorn

1981
as Maggie Dale

Kiss Me Deadly

1955
as Christina Bailey

Annabelle's Wish

1997
as Aunt Agnes (voice)

High Anxiety

1977
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel

The Facts of Life Down Under

1987
as Beverly Ann Stickle

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

1984
as Cloris Leachman

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

1996
as Old Woman (voice)

Mrs. R's Daughter

1979
as Ruth Rendell

Texasville

1990
as Ruth Popper

Going to the Chapel

1988
as Mrs. Haldane

The Demon Murder Case

1983
as Joan Greenway

S.O.S. Titanic

1979
as Molly Brown

A Troll in Central Park

1994
as Queen Gnorga (voice)

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

2015
as Herself / Phyllis Lindstrom

The Last Picture Show

1971
as Ruth Popper

Miss All-American Beauty

1982
as Agatha Blaine

Dillinger

1973
as Anna Sage

A Little Piece of Heaven

1991
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin

Charley and the Angel

1973
as Nettie Appleby

The Comedian

2016
as May Conner

The Ellen Show

2001
as Dot Richmond

Suddenly Single

1971
as Joanne Hackett

Alex & Emma

2003
as Grandmother

The Women

2008
as Maggie

Walter and Emily

1991
as Emily Collins

In Broad Daylight

1991
as Ruth Westerman

Crazy Mama

1975
as Melba

Fine Things

1990
as Ruth Fine

Music of the Heart

1999
as Assunta Guaspari

Thanks

1999
as Grammy Winthrop

Mrs. Harris

2006
as Pearl 'Billie' Schwartz

A Girl Named Sooner

1975
as Old Mam Hawes

The Californians

2005
as Eileen Boatwright

This is Happening

2015
as Estelle

Phyllis

1975
as Phyllis Lindstrom

New York, I Love You

2008
as Mitzie (segment "Joshua Marston")

Unity

2015
as Herself - Narrator (voice)

Baby, Baby, Baby

2015
as Actress

The Bronx Bull

2016
as Lilian Forrester

The Amati Girls

2000
as Dolly Amati

WUSA

1970
as Philomene

The Eleventh

2016
as Margaret

Lake Placid 2

2007
as Sadie

Walk Like a Man

1987
as Margaret Shand

Foodfight!

2012
as Brand X Lunch Lady

Hansel and Gretel

1988
as Griselda The Witch

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970
as Phyllis Lindstrom

The Gliksmans

2017
as Helen Neuman

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

1991
as Narrator / The Elder Amy

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

1993
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia

The Rack

1956
as Caroline

Guest Star

Episode Touched by an Angel
Inherit the Wind
1997
Episode Ferris Bueller
Scenes From A Grandma
1990
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Cloris Leachman, Craig Sheffer, 4 Non Blondes
1993
Episode Love & Money
The Stepmummy
1970
Episode Stoney Burke
Cousin Eunice
1962
Episode The Bobby Darin Show
Tim Conway / Cloris Leachman
1973
Episode That Girl
Donald, Sandi, and Harry and Snoopy
1970
Episode Kirstie
Little Bummer Boy
2013
Episode Comedy Central Roasts
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
2008
Episode Today
September 23, 2015
2015
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Crafty Kidnapper
1966
Episode 77 Sunset Strip
88 Bars
1963
Episode The $10,000 Pyramid
THE $10,000 PYRAMID: CLORIS LEACHMAN & MR. LARRY BLYDEN (THE 2-MONTH ANNIVERSARY SHOW)
1973
Episode The $10,000 Pyramid
THE $10,000 PYRAMID: CLORIS LEACHMAN & MR. LARRY BLYDEN.
1973
Episode The $10,000 Pyramid
THE $10,000 PYRAMID: CLORIS LEACHMAN & MR. LARRY BLYDEN.
1973
Episode Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Episode 132
2018
Episode The Simpsons
Three Men and a Comic Book
1991
Episode Chelsea Lately
Cloris Leachman
2009
Episode 77 Sunset Strip
Shadow on Your Shoulder
1962
Episode Touched by an Angel
Clipped Wings
1997
Episode Promised Land
Mooster's Revenge
1997
Episode Saints and Sinners
A Night of Horns and Bells
1962
Episode Norm
Norm vs. the Oldest Profession
2000
Episode Johnny Staccato
Solomon
1960
Episode Suspense
The Call
1951
Episode The $10,000 Pyramid
THE $10,000 PYRAMID: CLORIS LEACHMAN & MR. LARRY BLYDEN (MEMORIAL DAY 1973 SHOW.)
1973
Episode The Muppet Show
Cloris Leachman
1978
Episode The Associates (1979)
Mr. Marshall's Love Affair
1979
Episode Route 66
Love is a Skinny Kid
1962
Episode The $10,000 Pyramid
THE $10,000 PYRAMID: CLORIS LEACHMAN & MR. LARRY BLYDEN.
1973
Episode The Untouchables
Jigsaw
1961
Episode Suspense
Blood on the Trumpet
1951
Episode The Nanny
The Nanny-in-Law
1994
Episode Ironside
Goodbye to Yesterday (1)
1969
Episode Thriller
Girl with a Secret
1960
Episode The Untouchables
Man in the Middle
1962
Episode The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Last Show
1977
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Cloris Leachman, Abel Kiviat
1984
Episode The Facts of Life
62 Pick-Up
1987
Episode Sunday Dinner
Whose House Is It Anyway?
1991
Episode The Powers That Be
Bill's Dead...Not
1992
Episode Ironside
Goodbye to Yesterday (2)
1969
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Woody Allen, Muhammad Ali, Cloris Leachman, Ann Welbourne
1972
Episode Suspense
Remember Me?
1952
Episode 77 Sunset Strip
Caper in E Flat
1961
Episode Our House
A Silent, Fallen Tree
1987
Episode Wagon Train
The Nancy Davis Story
1962
Episode Suspense
The Mandarin Murders
1952
Episode The Office (US)
Stress Relief
2009
Episode Cain's Hundred
The Fixer
1961
Episode Promised Land
The Hostage
1996
Episode The Wedding Bells
The Fantasy
2007
Episode Elena of Avalor
To Save a Sunbird
2019
Episode Girl Meets World
Girl Meets Gravity
2015
Episode Touched by an Angel
Nothing But Net
1997
Episode Gunsmoke
Legal Revenge
1956
Episode Adam-12
Log 141: The Color TV Bandit
1968
Episode The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Last Show (Syndication)
1977
Episode Checkmate
The Mask of Vengeance
1960
Episode Mannix
The Need of a Friend
1968
Episode Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Medicine Man
1960
Episode A Man Called Shenandoah
The Caller
1965
Episode Top Gear (US)
Limos
2012
Episode RuPaul's Drag Race
Golden Gals
2010
Episode The Guns of Will Sonnett
And a Killing Rode in Town
1967
Episode The Powers That Be
Grandma's Big Decision
1993
Episode Night Gallery
You Can't Get Help like That Anymore
1972
Episode Mr. Novak
Faculty Follies (1)
1965
Episode Zane Grey Theater
The Hangin' Tree
1956
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Premonition
1955
Episode Malcolm in the Middle
Bride of Ida
2006
Episode Maybe This Time
Beasy Body
1995
Episode Chelsea Lately
Tiny and Toya
2010
Episode One Step Beyond
The Dark Room
1959
Episode The Love Boat
The Love Boat - Mona Lisa Speaks/Mr and Mrs Havlicek Abroad/Are There Any Real Love Stories/Till Death Do It’s Part
1976
Episode Joan of Arcadia
The Cat
2004
Episode Suspense
The Foggy Night Visitor
1951
Episode Gunsmoke
The Love of Money
1961
Episode The Twilight Zone
It's a Good Life
1961
Episode Rawhide
Incident of the Arana Sacar
1960
Episode Rhoda
Rhoda's Wedding
1974
Episode Hawaiian Eye
Man in a Rage
1961
Episode Family Guy
Petarded
2005
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Jamie Lee Curtis, Tracey Ullman, Cloris Leachman
1989
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Don't Interrupt
1958
Episode Happy Family
Mother and Child Reunion
2003
Episode Rhoda
Rhoda's Wedding (2)
1974
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Where Beauty Lies
1962
Episode Suspense
The Juiceman
1951